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From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
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On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 06:46:19PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> Converting the smc91x driver over to NAPI would probably solve this problem,
> but given the "vintage" of this code, I'd be more tempted by a simpler
> point fix if only I could think of one.

I'm not sure if converting it to NAPI would solve it, or just move
the problem elsewhere - IOW, move it from "we need to drop the packet
because we couldn't allocate a skb" to "the hardware dropped the packed
because the FIFO was full."

Yes, I'm intending giving it a go, once I've a spare moment to build
a kernel for the platform etc.  It runs root NFS, so should be a good
test for it.

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